README note for 'Replication Materials'


To replicate the results, tables, and figures presented in the article using R, please follow the steps outlined below:

1) Recode and select the relevant variables from the dataset 'LAPOP_PELA_VDEM_ILO.RData' by running the script '1_Code_Recodification.R'.

2) Center all variables at the grand mean using the script '2_Code_Centering.R'.

3) Replicate the tables and figures reported in the main article by running '4_Code_Main_Article.R'.

4) To reproduce the analyses reported in the Appendix, run the script '3_Supplementary_Analysis.R'.